Kathleen Harvey

Kathleen is a Consultant at LunaMetrics. Before coming to LunaMetrics, Kathleen spent several years living between Florence, Paris, New York City, and Pittsburgh (her all time favorite). Ready for a new adventure, she traded in her romance languages for coding languages in order to become an apprentice. She is learning all there is to know about data analytics and is luckily surrounded by many smart people willing to teach her!

Google Analytics makes it easy to track your website’s standard site search, measuring search terms and categories and providing detailed reports. However, many websites have unique search features that may push the boundaries of Google Analytics capabilities. For these sites, planning is key to making sure you get the data you need out of your […]

Let’s talk about cookies and Google Analytics. Warning: this blog post does not talk about edible cookies. For recipes, go to the recipe section of our website. Just kidding, there’s nothing you can eat there either. It is a great resource for Google Tag Manager though! There are many different types of cookies, edible and […]

Sometimes your Google Analytics data just looks wrong. In fact, sometimes looking at the data – it’s clear that the data you’re seeing could not have been caused by normal users visiting your site. These strange occurrences usually happen for a reason, but you may have to do a little digging to figure out why. […]

Let’s talk about this Google Tag Manager thing. It’s ok if you haven’t heard about Tag Manager, or GTM. If you’re not a regular follower of the LunaMetrics blog, you might not know that we have over 100 blog posts about Google Tag Manager, and you might not truly appreciate how much we love GTM […]

There are many different quirks to BigQuery that can be frustrating if you don’t know the solution. Check out this post and this other post by some awesome coworkers to know more about getting started with BigQuery. For an example of one of those quirks, click here. Downloading Big Big Query Data Sets One problem […]

These days, we can schedule everything. I can set my DVR to record our coworker, Dorcas, on Jeopardy like she was last night. In Pittsburgh, I can now schedule my Uber car (with or without driver) to arrive at my house at a specific time. So it makes sense that I want this same type […]

With the release of the latest version of Google Analytics, Universal Analytics, a new feature was rolled out that allows websites to track the same user as they move across different devices and browsers. This feature has great implications for data accuracy – being able to more accurately track users provides companies with better data […]

Whether you need to learn Google Analytics for your job or for your personal website, no worries, you don’t have to go back to school just yet. There are many ways to learn Google Analytics from the comfort of your home. Just follow this syllabus. General Information This “course” is an introduction to the big […]